The UFC 133 “UFC Prelims” special will be Spike TV’s seventh of 12 scheduled for 2011 (UFC 126, UFC 128, UFC 129, UFC 130, UFC 131 and UFC 132 also got them). ION Television also has aired specials when Spike TV hasn’t, such as with UFC 127.

UFC 133’s remaining preliminary-card bouts are expected to stream for free on Facebook.

The UFC first offered a PPV teaser broadcast for UFC 103 in 2009, when the UFC went head-to-head with a boxing PPV broadcast featuring Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez. The Spike TV specials proved effective enough at generating last-minute PPV buys that officials from the UFC and the organization’s longtime cable partner decided to make them a regular offering.

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is probably the greatest female fighter on the planet, which is a tremendous feat. So why are we seemingly so obsessed with arguing about whether she could beat up men?